Metallic Hardcore legends, Converge, have released the a new track titled "Reptilian". It is the final track from their upcoming record The Dusk in Us, due for release on November 3rd via Epitaph and Deathwish.

i won’t be surprised if they release the album with bonus tracks since i believe they recorded 18 songs. having eve be the closer would not be surprising at all, if it is included as a bonus. but i guess we’ll see. i like the song but I also can’t say i could be too critical as to its place considering the whole album isn’t out yet.

"this is a weird intro to a converge song if the only converge songs you've heard are aimless arrow and concubine sure"

wtf do your ears just go "OH YEA THAT PART IS QUIET, NOTHING NEW FOR THEM" yea they wrote like 5 songs with a clean guitar intro lol but none of them sound similar to this, this has some darkened almost eastern/arabic feel to it. I mean I'm not saying that's a bad thing or anything, they surprise me like this with each album, that's what I love about this band.

I'm saying more in terms of tone. This is like standardized metal intro fare. If a punk band (and that's what they refer to themselves as to) starts a song with two chords downstroked at a blinding speed - that's just style. But this really basic take on the eastern vibe just doesn't seem very Converge-like. It always reminds me of something like "Eye Of The Beholder".

Yeah man. Listened to half of Jane Doe and I got nothing from it. There were no moments that made me go "That was brutal as hell" or "man was that epic" because everything is delivered in this monochromatic, guttural scream. Nothing stands out. No matter how hard I try I just seem to miss the hype on these guys.

Lmfao dude you have absolutely zero basis to make claims about the band's dynamics or emotional depth, at least listen to the closer or listen to literally any other Converge album that came out after before making yourself look like more of an ignorant fuck

"Lmfao dude you have absolutely zero basis to make claims about the band's dynamics or emotional depth"

"listen to the closer or listen to literally any other Converge album that came out after before making yourself look like more of an ignorant fuck"

I don't think those are fair comments man. I get the concept of listening to an entire album before making a judgement about this. I normally do that, but when an album doesn't do anything and I'm halfway through it I don't really have a reason to keep going. I didn't say this band is garbage or that I don't see how anyone can get anything from them, I just said that I personally don't find anything to hold onto.

Second of all, I get that the closer is usually the emotional climax of an album, but if I need to listen to all of it just to find something interesting then, to me, the album still isn't interesting, it just has a good closer.

It seems that I struck a nerve with you about not liking your favorite band or something so I'm going to chalk it up to you having a bad day. If you have suggestions about where to start or what to listen for I'd love to hear it.

Fair point, and honestly despite it's massive rating on here I can't recommend starting with Jane Doe, it's one of their least accessible albums. Check axe to fall or all we love we leave behind. Both tend to save their more dynamic moments for the end of the album, but they're both more immediate and easier to get into

That review was seriously underwhelming. I wish the reviewer would have went into more detail. Seemed like a bunch of "it's brutal and emotional". Probably could've condensed the review into less than 2 paragraphs, which says something.